- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 gone first ball! Desai belts out a loud appeal and the umpire thinks it's out, but Conway goes for the review after consulting the captain. Angling in from over the wicket, that one is probably headed towards off stump as the ball goes under Conway's pull. Or will the bounce save him because it pitched pretty short? There's no bat, the replay shows. Here comes ball-tracking, and it's swinging away a tad but clipping off stump. Ayan Desai has struck first ball on T20 debut! 0/15.1 and he strikes first ball! Faf du Plessis has run out of luck because that flicked might have fetched him a six on another day on another ground. It was pitched up towards the stumps and Faf timed it away to the leg side where Gannon, who had dropped Faf in the last over, does really well to leap backwards and hold on to a much tougher catch with both hands 49/31.5 tickled behind! Lovely seam position from Gannon outside off, it takes the ball away from Tromp who barely moves his feet and pokes outside off for a thin edge 12/214.1 Shehan Jayasuriya takes the catch at cover, but he doesn't seem to know much about it! This is dug in short outside off and Milind looked to slap it away on the off side. He hit it well, but too close to Jayasuriya who takes it to his left. Looked utterly surprised himself. Guess it came at him hard! But the Orcas have another wicket in the bag 113/68.1 another big wicket for the debutant! Pitched up around off, Stoinis goes big down the ground but he hasn't connected so well and Klaasen at long-off runs in for a forward dive to gets his hands under the ball just in time 76/411.5 Skied to cover! This was full and wide and drew Santner into the big shot. Goes high in the air off the toe end of the bat and that's a simple catch for Shubham Ranjane. The width is what did Santner in, who was playing well away from his body 99/517.5 Goes for the reverse-lap again, but this time just helps it onto the stumps. Slower ball this time from Burger, keeping it on the stumps. Stevenson has played a nice little hand here at the death 156/718.3 Mix-up and Zia has to go! Dug in short and Zia was looking to pull, but couldn't get it far enough for him to want to run. But Savage was more than halfway through, and Shahzad sacrifices his wicket for the more set batter 159/8Extras7 (lb 3, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL177/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Did not bat: OEG BaartmanFall of wickets: 1-0 (Devon Conway, 0.1 ov), 2-12 (Joshua Tromp, 1.5 ov), 3-49 (Faf du Plessis, 5.1 ov), 4-76 (Marcus Stoinis, 8.1 ov), 5-99 (Mitchell Santner, 11.5 ov), 6-113 (Milind Kumar, 14.1 ov), 7-156 (Cameron Stevenson, 17.5 ov), 8-159 (Zia Shahzad, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Desai 4 0 30 2 7.50 13 3 1 2 0 CJ Gannon 3 0 29 1 9.66 7 3 1 0 0 N Burger 4 0 42 1 10.50 9 5 2 0 1 KMA Paul 3 0 18 2 6.00 10 1 1 1 0 Ali Sheikh 3 0 30 0 10.00 4 2 2 0 0 MG Bracewell 3 0 25 1 8.33 9 1 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 is that another first-ball wicket! Rickelton can't believe it, standing there stunned, as if he wants the umpires to check that it wasn't a bump ball but he has to walk back. Baartman pitched it up outside off, and Rickelton chipped it straight to cover with a checked drive for the celebrations to begin 0/18.2 there goes the middle stump! Another Savage blow, and this time it's the big wicket of Quinton de Kock. He goes a long way across to scoop that fine but misses it completely and the length ball knocks over the top of middle stump to light things up, literally 59/36.5 gone this time! Short ball with pace taken off, Jayasuriya goes for the pull because they need runs but he finds the fielder in the deep 52/210.4 The pressure tells! Santner keeps at that wide line and Klaasen looks to go down the ground. Gets it off the toe end and straight to long-off. Orcas are drowning in this chase 67/59.6 zips it through and that's the first wicket for Noor! Another wrong'un, another deception for Bracewell and he's trapped right on the back foot, also beaten by the pace of the flat delivery. Gone lbw 64/416.4 Mix-up and that leads to a run-out! Ranjane gets cramped for room first and scuppers his pull short of long-on running in. Ranjane first takes off for the run and then stops only to see Sheikh haring down the ground. He took off again, but was nowhere in sight as the throw came to Baartman who coolly collected the ball and took off the bails at the non-striker's end 110/715.5 Oh my, that move works! He's castled Keemo Paul! Beautiful wrong'un that pitches on leg and turns away sharply to hit middle and off stumps. Paul was looking to whip it through the leg side but misses the line completely 106/618.5 Baartman and Stoinis combine again! Baartman digs it in short and Sheikh gets it off the top edge as he looks to pull. This time, it's a regulation catch for Stoinis 132/918.3 Stoinis holds on to a good catch at deep backward point! Baartman and Stoinis combined for a wicket first ball of this innings and they do so again. This is full outside off and Gannon gets it off the outside edge as he looks to go inside out. Stoinis, moving to his left, takes it high above him right at the rope 131/8Extras11 (lb 2, w 9)TOTAL140/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryan Rickelton, 0.1 ov), 2-52 (Shehan Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 3-59 (Quinton de Kock, 8.2 ov), 4-64 (Michael Bracewell, 9.6 ov), 5-67 (Heinrich Klaasen, 10.4 ov), 6-106 (Keemo Paul, 15.5 ov), 7-110 (Shubham Ranjane, 16.4 ov), 8-131 (Cameron Gannon, 18.3 ov), 9-132 (Ali Sheikh, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB OEG Baartman 4 0 20 3 5.00 15 2 0 3 0 MP Stoinis 3 0 25 0 8.33 6 2 1 1 0 CAH Stevenson 1 0 14 0 14.00 2 1 1 2 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 19 2 4.75 14 2 0 1 0 CP Savage 3 0 23 2 7.66 7 1 1 0 0 MJ Santner 3 0 27 1 9.00 6 4 0 1 0 Zia Shahzad 2 0 10 0 5.00 3 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Seattle Orcas , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Texas Super Kings 2, Seattle Orcas 0
Match Notes
- Over 0.1: Review by Texas Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - DP Conway (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 49/3 in 5.1 overs (Milind Kumar 3)
- Texas Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 2
- Texas Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 3
- Texas Super Kings: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 131/6 in 16.0 overs (CP Savage 22, CAH Stevenson 5)
- Texas Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Texas Super Kings - 177/8 in 20.0 overs (CP Savage 45, Noor Ahmad 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
- Seattle Orcas: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (Q de Kock 21, GSNFG Jayasuriya 22, Ex 7)
- Over 7.5: Review by Seattle Orcas (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GO Brathwaite, Batter - Q de Kock (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Seattle Orcas - 59/3 in 8.2 overs (H Klaasen 2)
- Seattle Orcas: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Seattle Orcas - 101/5 in 15.0 overs (SS Ranjane 13, KMA Paul 22)
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